Thala vs King :’ Greatest ever captain’ MS Dhoni to undertake Virat Kohli in IPL 2024 opener

The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is going to kick off on March twenty two in Chennai. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK), led by’ Thala’ MS Dhoni, will undertake fan Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at home.

This can be King Kohli’s revisit cricket after almost 2 months. For personal reasons, he opted from the India vs England Test series. Today, we understand that Virat and his wife Anushka Sharma were expecting the second child of theirs during that period.

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Thala vs King :’ Greatest ever captain’ MS Dhoni to undertake Virat Kohli in IPL 2024 opener
One min read twenty one Mar 2024, 06:46 AM IST
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Authored by Sounak Mukhopadhyay (with inputs from AP) The 17th season of IPL begins on March twenty two with CSK facing RCB in Chennai. Virat Kohli comes back after opting out of India vs England Test series for the birth of his child Akaay. MS Dhoni, who led CSK on the 5th IPL title, might retire after this particular time period.
IPL 2024: It will be Virat Kohli vs MS Dhoni in the competition opener in Chennai
IPL 2024: It will be Virat Kohli vs MS Dhoni in the competition opener in Chennai The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is going to kick off on March twenty two in Chennai. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK), led by’ Thala’ MS Dhoni, will undertake fan Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at home.

This can be King Kohli’s revisit cricket after almost 2 months. For personal reasons, he opted from the India vs England Test series. Today, we understand that Virat and his wife Anushka Sharma were expecting the second child of theirs during that period.

Also Read: IPL 2024: Virat Kohli asks fans to not embarrass him,’ When you call me that…’ On February fifteen, when India began playing the final Test match of the series against England in Rajkot, Anushka and Virat welcomed the son of theirs, Akaay.

Even Dhoni is going to be back in action after a pause. He was last seen in action at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad ten weeks back. On May twenty eight, Mahi led the team of his to a historic fifth IPL title. IPL 2024 may grow to be considerable as Dhoni is apt to retire after this time period.

Meanwhile, Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis has stated he thinks himself fortunate to have spent a while with Dhoni during the last several years. Faf utilized to play for CSK between 2018 and 2021 under MSD’s captaincy.

“That’s possibly the biggest thing in the career of mine, the years of mine at Chennai. It shaped me from the leadership viewpoint, simply observing MS. As a leader, it was valuable to my growth,” the RCB skipper told Star Sports while calling Dhoni the “greatest ever captain”.

Will this season should be to RCB?
Bengaluru wound up in the IPL finals thrice but didn’t emerge victorious on every 3 events. Nevertheless, RCB Women have just recently clinched the first ever T20 trophy for the franchise of theirs. Smriti Mandhana led the team of her to victory in the Female’s Premier League (WPL) 2024 final against Delhi Capitals.

Will that work as an inspiration for the star studded male’s team? A great deal is going to depend on how RCB start the tournament of theirs. For the time being, all eyes are on the opening match when Thala will undertake King.